Raising up godly children

RAISING UP GODLY RAISING UP GODLY CHILDRENCHILDREN

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THE DISCUSSION AND TOPICS ARE THE DISCUSSION AND TOPICS ARE IN RANDOM ORDERIN RANDOM ORDER

AND THEY ARE MY OWN OPINIONAND THEY ARE MY OWN OPINION

STEP CHILDREN SHOULD BE STEP CHILDREN SHOULD BE CATEGORIZED AND TREATED AS CATEGORIZED AND TREATED AS

CHILDRENCHILDREN

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED ARE ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED ARE FROM THE NIV BIBLEFROM THE NIV BIBLE

PROVERBS 22:6PROVERBS 22:6

TRAIN A TRAIN A CHILDCHILD IN THE WAY HE IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GOSHOULD GO

AND WHEN HE IS AND WHEN HE IS OLDOLD HE WILL NOT HE WILL NOT TURN FROM ITTURN FROM IT

WHEN DEALING WITH CHILDREN’S WHEN DEALING WITH CHILDREN’S PROBLEMSPROBLEMS

THE REMEDY OR TREATMENT MUST THE REMEDY OR TREATMENT MUST NOT BE ONLY NOT BE ONLY SYMPTOMATICSYMPTOMATIC

BUT MUST ALSO ADDRESS BUT MUST ALSO ADDRESS UNDERLYINGUNDERLYING ISSUES ISSUES

CHILDREN WILL COPYCHILDREN WILL COPYCHARACTERCHARACTER

MORE THAN THE TEACHINGS WE GIVE MORE THAN THE TEACHINGS WE GIVE THEMTHEM


FOLLY IS BOUND IN THE HEART OF A FOLLY IS BOUND IN THE HEART OF A CHILD CHILD

BUT THE ROD OF DISCIPLINE WILL BUT THE ROD OF DISCIPLINE WILL DRIVE IT FAR FROM HIMDRIVE IT FAR FROM HIM

DISCIPLINE TO DISCIPLEDISCIPLINE TO DISCIPLE

THE ROD OF CORRECTIONTHE ROD OF CORRECTION THE ROD OF DISCIPLESHIPTHE ROD OF DISCIPLESHIP THE ROD OF CHARACTER BUILDINGTHE ROD OF CHARACTER BUILDING


THE ROD OF CORRECTION IMPARTS THE ROD OF CORRECTION IMPARTS WISDOMWISDOM

BUT A CHILD LEFT TO HIMSELF BUT A CHILD LEFT TO HIMSELF DISGRACES HIS MOTHERDISGRACES HIS MOTHER

CHILDREN CAUSINGCHILDREN CAUSINGCONFUSSIONCONFUSSION

WHAT STRANGERS SEE IN WHAT STRANGERS SEE IN YOUR CHILD IS ACTUALLY YOUR CHILD IS ACTUALLY

WHAT IS THERE!WHAT IS THERE!

REASONS WHY WE DON’T SEE REASONS WHY WE DON’T SEE OUR CHILDRENS’ FAULTSOUR CHILDRENS’ FAULTS

WE ARE THEIR PARENTSWE ARE THEIR PARENTS WE BELIEVE THE BEST ABOUT THEMWE BELIEVE THE BEST ABOUT THEM WE DON’T LOOK AT THEM CRITICALLYWE DON’T LOOK AT THEM CRITICALLY WE HAVE GROWN TOO FAMILIAR WE HAVE GROWN TOO FAMILIAR WE ARE TRYING TO RECTIFY OUR WE ARE TRYING TO RECTIFY OUR

CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THROUGH CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THROUGH THEM THEM

THINGS THAT CHILDREN ARE THINGS THAT CHILDREN ARE CAPABLE OFCAPABLE OF

BRINGING DIVISION IN THE FAMILYBRINGING DIVISION IN THE FAMILY BRINGING HOME BAD BEHAVIOURBRINGING HOME BAD BEHAVIOUR DISTURBING THE PEACE IN THE HOMEDISTURBING THE PEACE IN THE HOME DEFYING PARENTAL AUTHORITYDEFYING PARENTAL AUTHORITY DETERMINING THE DIRECTION OF THE DETERMINING THE DIRECTION OF THE

HOUSEHOLDHOUSEHOLD

THE FIVE TYPES OF KIDSTHE FIVE TYPES OF KIDS

THE CONSCIENTIOUS CHILDTHE CONSCIENTIOUS CHILD THE COMPLIANT [CO-OPERATIVE] THE COMPLIANT [CO-OPERATIVE]

CHILDCHILD THE COMRADE CHILD THE COMRADE CHILD THE ADJUSTABLE CHILDTHE ADJUSTABLE CHILD THE TOTALLY OUT OF LINE CHILDTHE TOTALLY OUT OF LINE CHILD THE ALIEN CHILDTHE ALIEN CHILD

THE CONSCIENTIUOS CHILDTHE CONSCIENTIUOS CHILD

FOLLOWS THE DICTATES OF THEIR FOLLOWS THE DICTATES OF THEIR CONSCIENCECONSCIENCE

CAN BE TRUSTED TO DO RIGHT CAN BE TRUSTED TO DO RIGHT MOSTMOST OF THE TIME OF THE TIME

IS EASY TO LIVE WITH AND SELDOM IS EASY TO LIVE WITH AND SELDOM PUTS DEMANDS ON PARENTSPUTS DEMANDS ON PARENTS

THE COMPLIANT CHILDTHE COMPLIANT CHILD

ALWAYS CONFORMS TO REGULATIONSALWAYS CONFORMS TO REGULATIONS FOLLOWS RULES AND CAN ALWAYS BE FOLLOWS RULES AND CAN ALWAYS BE

TRUSTEDTRUSTED TENDS TO BECOME LEGALISTICTENDS TO BECOME LEGALISTIC DOES NOT BECOME INNOVATIVEDOES NOT BECOME INNOVATIVE CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT

DIRECTIVESDIRECTIVES

THE COMRADE CHILDTHE COMRADE CHILD

VERY TRUSTWORTHY AND OPEN VERY TRUSTWORTHY AND OPEN MINDEDMINDED

OFTEN OFFERS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OFTEN OFFERS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO BOTH OR ONE PARENTTO BOTH OR ONE PARENT

EASILY GETS CAUGHT IN THE LINE OF EASILY GETS CAUGHT IN THE LINE OF FIRE BETWEEN PARENTSFIRE BETWEEN PARENTS

BREAKS AND DISCOURAGES EASILY BREAKS AND DISCOURAGES EASILY

THE ADJUSTABLE CHILDTHE ADJUSTABLE CHILD

GOES WITH ANYTHING AND ANYONEGOES WITH ANYTHING AND ANYONE DISPLAYS MULTIPLE CHARACTER BECAUSE DISPLAYS MULTIPLE CHARACTER BECAUSE

OF TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONEOF TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE FOLLOWS EASILY AND CAN BE FOLLOWS EASILY AND CAN BE

INFLUENCEDINFLUENCED CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO MAKE SOLO CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO MAKE SOLO

DECISIONS DECISIONS

THE TOTALLY OUT OF LINE THE TOTALLY OUT OF LINE CHILDCHILD

THIS KID IS EVERY PARENT’S NIGHTMARETHIS KID IS EVERY PARENT’S NIGHTMARE HE/SHE BREAKS RULES AND MAKE RULESHE/SHE BREAKS RULES AND MAKE RULES IS NOT THE KIND OF KID TO BE SEEN WITH IS NOT THE KIND OF KID TO BE SEEN WITH

IN PUBLICIN PUBLIC

THE ALIEN CHILDTHE ALIEN CHILD

THIS CHILD IS A TOTAL STRANGER THIS CHILD IS A TOTAL STRANGER TO THE FAMILYTO THE FAMILY

HE/SHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HE/SHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ALL FAMILY ISSUESALL FAMILY ISSUES

HE/SHE IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLEHE/SHE IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE DOES EVERYTHING HIS/HER OWN DOES EVERYTHING HIS/HER OWN

WAYWAY

EVERY CHRISTIAN PARENT’S EVERY CHRISTIAN PARENT’S ROLEROLE

ALWAYS TAKE GOD’S SIDEALWAYS TAKE GOD’S SIDE NEVER DISCOURAGE YOUR KIDSNEVER DISCOURAGE YOUR KIDS NEVER ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THEIR NEVER ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THEIR

WAYWAY NEVER USE THEM TO ACHIEVE YOUR NEVER USE THEM TO ACHIEVE YOUR

SELFISH GOALSSELFISH GOALS PRAY ABOUTH THEM AND FOR THEMPRAY ABOUTH THEM AND FOR THEM

BE BLESSEDBE BLESSED

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